CES 2012 Day 4 Coverage Review - PAGE 1

At least we hit our Day 4 coverage of the Consumer Electronics Show 2012! Time to turn back time and hit the floor again.

Yoga Electronics is a full-range audio production company based out of China that has made quality karaoke and PC microphones, drum and instrument mic kits, and various pieces of equipment for studios. By 2004, Yoga Electronics had fully developed their headphone clean-rooms and production lines and began to market their headsets in Hong Kong and China. Based on the business principle of "adjustability and persistence", their goal has to been produce a wide array of audio headsets ranging in quality from PC tower speakers to studio quality ear monitors.

There was a wide range of products on display at their booth for CES 2012, but unfortunately all of them were behind Plexiglas windows and boxes and thus reporters couldn't actually pick them up for a test-drive. Their main display was the CD-990 Hi-Fi stereo headphones. These headphones utilize a 42 mm neodymium driver to produce a respectable 98dB/mW over a 10Hz to 26kHz frequency range. As with all of the higher-end headphones offered by Yoga, the cables connecting these headphones to the audio source are removable as shown in the picture above. The CD-990's are not actually wireless as the picture seems to imply.

Right next to the CD-990 display were the CD-880 headphones. There did not seem to be any hardware difference between these two products, at least according to the display card next to them, as they seem to share all the same basic stats. However, the CD-880s were rated as capable of producing 100dB/mW of sound energy. The main difference between these two headphones seemed to be styling, which in fact makes up a large portion of the differing products that Yoga offers. Similar to SkullCandy, they have focused most of their creative energy into physical appearance and stylistic considerations.

Yoga Electronics were also featuring a new product line that they just started this past design season. The CD-2100 shown on the left and the CD-1100 on the right are both fully collapsible headphones that come in both black and white colors. The CD-2100 headphones utilize a 50mm diameter neodymium driver in both ear-muffs that is rated at producing 100dB of sound energy measured at 1kHz. Meanwhile, the CD-1100 headphones use a smaller neodymium driver that measures 40 mm in diameter yet still manages to put out 100dB at 1kHz.

For the hard-core communications people out there, Yoga also produces a line of single-muff headsets with a powerful microphone located at the end of a flexible boom. This headset has a long coiled cable that connects to your audio source and there are both 1/4" and 1/8's standard audio jacks at the other end to fit a wide variety of systems. This headset features a medium sized driver measuring 50 mm in diameter that is capable of producing 96dB / mW. The dynamic microphone is rated at -80dB sensitivity and will provide a frequency response from 100Hz to 12kHz.

There was also an entire wall of their booth devoted to showcasing the wide range of microphones and recording equipment that Yoga Electronics also produces, though sadly they did not have any product literature for these devices or little signs next to each one identifying what they were and their capabilities.

Comments

Cideko has made my dream controller. Although I hope there's an optional disable keyboard button, could easily bump the small buttons.

The Ice Dragon case would be perfect camouflage for an HTPC. "Ah, I see you've noticed my dragon statue. But wait there's more! It's actually my bad ass beast of a computer!. *Rips away front cover*." Awe ensues. Their cable management needs some work Pretty damn good development with their additive though, 20% isn't something to scoff at when it comes to cooling, especially liquid.

Giada using a thin blower style heatsink on a low power cpu... How hasn't this caught on on some consumer boards? Seems like a no-brainer for thin, fairly quiet atom/brazos setups. And them joining in with custom gpu heatsinks is exciting even though it would be nice to see the designs on both Nvidia and ATI cards.

At least we hit our Day 4 coverage of the Consumer Electronics Show 2012!

Is that a mistype, in the first line? For shame XD Or are you saying that you thought things weren't up to snuff, but 'at least we covered this much of it'? Heheheh

Seems a bit silly for Yoga to show off their headsets without at least a demo for their flagship model(s). I wonder if it was quality concerns, financial concerns ("but what if some idiot breaks them?"), or they were just more concerned about appearance than anything else? Eh, they aren't the first booth to just show off the products and specs without them actually running any of them.

Cideko seems to have spied a potential market in the segment of the population that prefers smartphones and the like, and are good at using small keypads >_> Still, the fact it can function as a mouse (though how well, I dunno) is interesting. The HTPC applications, yes, I do see that. I'd prefer a remote of course, but that's just not going to work with navigating an desktop and such >_>

I'm still waiting on someone to release a keyboard attachment (mini or otherwise) for portable devices like Smartphones. Though it doesn't apply to me, it would make browsing the net with a smartphone/device much more pleasant if it had some sort of keyboard and mouse support. Somewhat defeats the purpose of having the device pocket sized, but on the go it could useful for someone who doesn't want to bring a laptop. A roll-up rubber keyboard would work, and maybe use something like a nub for mouse input?

AsusTek could get away with being so private I think, considering how widespread and common their products are, as the article said. I'd like to find out more about the OLED screen though. From the gist of it, it seems it would be an ultra durable, but high color depth and contrast screen eh?

I can just imagine a few years from now, Ice Dragon mentioned in the same breath as watercooling. Just sounds right, doesn't it? Maybe they'll expand and either make their own, or partner with other companies to make kits (maybe even closed circuit kits eh?).

"Played Hobb with my camera settings"? That a reference to something, or a strange spellcheck auto-correct? Anyway, not much for the mobile market myself. It seems inevitable, but I'll resist the change! In the end I suppose, technology will get to the point that shrinking, streamlining, and reducing the power requirements of hardware will be the main thing people look for in new components. We're already seeing efficiency over horsepower this generation I think. Aren't the 7000 series Radeon GPUs supposed to be more about that?

The heck is the second thing on the last page? Looks like a naked speaker being supported by an orange stand-chain combo? Also, BOOTH BABES! XD

"Playing Hobb" is just me taking some creative liberty and resurrecting a very old saying/phrase

The speaker on the engine hoist is a subwoofer dude! They had one installed in a car right next to the one on display. I asked why they didn't have it pumping out sound and the rep said that they were forbidden. My guess is that the sonic pressure waves would cause a resonance in the roof and might cause structural problems.

H_Jager - Yeah I've thought of that too and I don't know why they don't do it. Probably some BS reason like 'security'. More likely they want to keep everything proprietary and they don't want people using USB connections as cheap extra memory instead of going for their much more expensive, higher capacity SKUs.

Must be very old, because I don't think I've ever heard of it XD

A subwoofer eh? Though I think noise complaints would be the primary reason, not everyone likes booming bass (myself included). I LIKE bass, but I don't want it deafening >_> I'm sure you were facetious though XD

CES is like pre-christmas for nerds! I was a little disappointed there was nothing about Intel's new Ivy Bridge, though. Anyways Giadas motherboards look so sleek, I might just have to go against the ASUS-fanboy in me. Excellent writing, as always, Mr. Jager!